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CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development

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Switching to gamified PD through a partnership with game-based learning company Alludo was a no-brainer. Douglas explained that the gamified training was designed to be a quick microlearning experience where teachers can do one 5-to-10-minute exercise at a time. CDW Segment. Original or Curated. Customer Focused.

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FREE Healthy Lifestyle Program for Schools: fit4Schools

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Daily Fitness Challenges, a Fun Sweepstakes, and a Way to Link to Parents for Healthy Lifestyle Choices From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. MOVE: exercise, play, and physical activity. We need promote healthy lifestyles for our students. Influencers. MOOD: feelings and attitudes.

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How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson

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Sam Patterson on episode 201 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Elementary and primary students can learn to code. For Hour of Code week this week, learn how you can go past the Hour of Code and use coding all year long! Twitter: @SamPAtue.

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Computer Science Teaching Tips

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Alfred Thompson on Episode 182 of the 10-Minute Teacher show From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. What happens when a school has every student learn Computer Science. There’s a really nice Radix sort exercise from CS Unplugged that we use. You know, “Sort yourselves by age.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - ASB Online - Google Science Fair Deadline - More Ed Tech Month

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Follow #liveclass20 on Twitter and visit [link] for weekly details. Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate. Karen shares this reflective goal-setting exercise that helps students develop on-going goals in the classroom. LIVE Weekly Show , Classroom 2.0

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How to Make Classroom Games with Easy, Awesome Educaplay

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Sixteen types of games, Google Classroom and LMS compatibility and auto-grading From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This week, I began using Educaplay to make fun classroom learning games for my students. Tip #14: Use Sound, Pictures, and Words to Make Games More Useful.

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8 Tried and True Edtech Tools to Try in 2018

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Steve Dembo on episode 222 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Well, the first thing to keep in mind is… I love doing this exercise during a presentation… I ask people to just raise their hands if they feel like they’re behind the technology curve.

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